(Impractical) Jokers -Who is the best joker?

Angelique Taylor: Comedy is a spectrum regardless of race, color, or social status; everyone laughs. With the Impractical Jokers, it’s four high school friends making fun of each other in these tedious knee-slapping situations, a hidden camera reality show with improvisation by Sal, Joe, Murr and Q. They like to use situations and make fun of each other. For instance, they all go to a restaurant and do obnoxious things such as closing peoples laptops that are open, and accidentally kissing the camera-man on the head. They all individually express themselves without a doubt, even if that situation is circumstantially embarrassing. By far, Sal is the best Joker as he is a down to earth funny guy who doesn’t take things too seriously, he likes to have fun with it every episode and does get the most punishments at the end. Sal Vulanco is known to be a stand-up comedian, actor and producer from New York City, Staten Island consisting of his friends, Joe, Murr and Q. Sal Vulanco is afraid of Cats and very easily startled, his biggest fear of cats is caused by the cat’s neighbor that attacked him multiple times, as he is a funny guy, he is also a ordained minister officiate with Joe Gatto, he enjoys watching crime drama such as ID, Peaky blinders, Sherlock, Etc. But, his favorite is Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Sopranos, and Lost. As Sal get’s many of the punishments, he takes them like a champ. Here’s a link to Sal getting punished a million ways. youtu.be/bHnI-xv8mf0. Though Sal get’s almost all the punishments "According to the u/finisher medal, the comedian to receive the most punishments on Impractical Jokers so far is Sal. As their chart demonstrates, Sal has had to endure various forms of humiliation no less than 67 times. In sharp contrast, Joe has only lost 42 times.” says Kozama. distractify.com/p/who-has-lost-the-most-on-impractical-jokers. Sal is the best joker because he goes through the challanges like a boss, takes his losses like a champ, and goes through the joke impractically.

Kolton Schwartz: At the very root of comedy, there must be some form of pain. Whether it is a form of embarrassment, a form of physical pain, or some psychological game being played, there should always be a level of confusion and misdirection when it comes to comedy. And while all of the jokers have been subjected to the worst of the worst when it comes to mental games, James “Murr ' Murray has gone through it the worst. As a result, he is the best Joker out of the cast.

Firstly, he is the most emotionally vulnerable character amongst all of them. It is clear that they have all been friends for the longest time. They have had plenty of time together in order to gain knowledge of their fears and weaknesses. And while they all have dirt on each other, it is abundantly obvious that Murr is an over-sharer. A lot of the punishments surrounding Murr have been reminding him of his past. Whether it be sending him back to his old high school to confess all of the awful and embarrassing secrets he has had regarding the place and its people, showing the terrible film he made when he graduated college to a crowd of film critiques, to revealing some of his more modern-day obscenities, such as the fact he still sleeps with a tattered up blankie to this day, and his irrational fears of heights and sharks. The more personal his punishments are, the more we relate to him as a character. Anyone would hate sticking their hands in a garbage barge, or teaching their parents sexual education, but as we see James’ punishments relate more to his past and his present, we empathize, laugh, and see ourselves within him. Let’s be honest, we all have things we want to be hidden away. Murr however doesn't have that luxury.

Secondly, we love to cheer on those who know what they're doing. People who completely understand what the assignment is and achieve what they set out to do. However, there is a level of charming fake confidence that Murr displays on-screen that none of the other Jokers have. Joe is Joe, he has no shame, and he will do almost anything. The only time he will purposefully walk out of a challenge is if it is way too stupid even for him. Sal will easily lose any challenge. He gets embarrassed easily and clearly has a much more shallow sense of what he will do and not do. Q is similar to Joe, he’s probably the second shameless, however, he is guided a lot by morals, which Joe isn’t. Murr however is constantly laughing at his failure, and pushing through whatever he is put upon. Only when it comes to being incredibly offensive does he draw the line. Unlike Sal, Joe, and Q, Murr puts himself out there no matter how fake his confidence and discomfort he may be doing it. As much as this can apply to all of them, seeing Murray in action really shows us a unique perspective on challenges that we don’t see in the other jokers.

Not to mention, out of all of the jokers in the cast, Murr is the most successful of them. He is a graduate of Georgetown University with a degree in English. He has written many books including such classics as Awakened, The Brink, Obliteration, and The Stowaway. He is also Senior Vice President of Development for NorthSouth Productions, the company that owns TruTV and the rights to Impractical Jokers. He is an accomplished man, and debatably the most accomplished out of all of the Jokers. Just a little something extra to convince you that he is both super successful outside and within the comedy field.